About Me

gary@garylindstrom.com
METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE
RED ROCKS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE ADJUNCT FACULTY
● Teach Criminal Justice, Political Science, American History I and II, Sociology I and II, Twentieth Century World History, Ethics, Social Psychology, Comparative Government, Contemporary Social Problems,Public Speaking, Sociology of Criminology, Group Communication, Conflict Resolution, Effective Presentations and American Government.
● Fifth largest Community College in the United States with 20,000 students
COLORADO STATE REPRESENTATIVE 2004-2007
●Elected State Representative.
●Served as Vice Chairman of Local Government, member of House Transportation Committee and Transportation Legislative Review Committee.
SUMMIT COUNTY COMMISSIONER 1995-2004
●In charge of 500 employees and a budget in excess of $20 million with an emphasis on land use and new construction.
●Built three new libraries, county commons, animal control, county communications center, fire training center, senior center, community center, state patrol office, involved in the approval and planning of the new hospital and medical office building.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

I get up around 3 am or 4 am every morning including Saturday and Sunday. I go to bed at 9 pm so it all works out.

Early this morning I was listening to an interview with Paul Krugman the Nobel Laureate and Economics Professor at Princeton. He attributes the economic downturn to the teachings of Ayn Ryan and the fact that Alan Greenspan followed her in his economic policy. He said that Friedman was warned about the sub-prime housing market and did nothing thinking that it was another boon to the free market.

When asked why even the best economists missed the seriousness of the downturn he said that economists had not considered some organizations as banks. He now defines a bank as any organization that receives and holds funds for investors. Duh.

He too blames the people for not insisting on more regulation of all lending companies. The people were more than happy getting a 10% to 20% appreciation on their housing values each year without wondering where the appreciation was coming from. There was no real value there and we all missed that very important piece.

So according to Krugman if you want to get angry about the economy get angry with the sap looking at you in the bathroom mirror every morning.

I love to think in metaphors or create analogies. This one would be getting in a car wreck and totalling your car. An economist would come up and look at you and the wreck and then tell you to get back in the same car and keep driving it because it is now OK. It is not OK. g